Health And Safety Coordinator

The Health & Safety Coordinator is responsible for working collaborative with multiple business stakeholder in assisting in the development, implementation and maintenance of Traditions’ Health & Safety Programs.

What you will be doing

• Maintain H&S metrics and documentation with the ability to present this information to as required to internal and external stakeholders.
• Assisting in the development of safe work procedures and documentation of standard operating procedures.
• Take a leading role in the JHSC as facilitator of the full JHSC Program. This includes maintaining our incident tracker, coordinating monthly meetings, workplace inspections, following up on JHSC actions with clear meeting notes and owners.
• Maintain supply and inventory of health and safety equipment & supplies.
• Provide first aid as required and maintain the plant wide first aid kits with supplies.
• Support the Health & Safety initiatives and any other duties as assigned.
• Coordinate monthly inspections with JHSC members and ensure all actions are register for JHSC follow-up. This can include assigning responsibilities to respective departments and ensure timely follow-up.
• Work collaboratively with team members to identify risks and hazards and put recommendations in place to pro-actively avoid incidents.
• Support the plant in the emergency evacuation procedure and maintain the log.
• Engage with team members in the plant, completing daily walk throughs, inspections and H&S initiatives.
• Coordinate and/or lead investigations into incidents and provide corrective actions with timelines.
• Lead in the creation, implementation and monitoring of ad hoc and annual training requirements.
• Maintain SDS (Safety Data Sheet) binder plant wide based on chemical inventory.
• Develop and construct Physical Demand Assessment (PDA), Machine specific lockout tagout procedure, Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Safe Work Procedures (SWP) identifying the basic job steps and tasks, their associated hazards and risks, developing safe operating procedures and hazard controls.
• Design, deliver and track training programs for team members. Including liaising with external vendors as required to deliver training.
• Support the HR lead in claims management & investigations.

What will make you successful?

• Strong communication, interpersonal, organization and analytical skills
• Available to support 24-hour operations, including working off-shifts to support training
• First Aid Certification would be an asset
• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory training for all manufacturing onsite
• Knowledge of health and safety laws and regulations
• Must be extremely organized and a self-starter, able to work with limited supervision
• Post-secondary education in Health & Safety or related field
• Knowledge of manufacturing and processing environments
• 2-4 years of experience in Health & Safety role
• Strong computer skills are required, MS Office Suite and experience with Google Workspace an asset